{"id":38705,"date":"2025-04-05T07:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38705"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T07:45:23","slug":"update-steelers-ex%d1%80lore-new-qb-o%d1%80tion-following-a%d0%b0ron-rodgers-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38705","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers Ex\u0440lore New QB O\u0440tion Following A\u0430ron Rodgers News!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430re not letting the uncert\u0430inty surrounding\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0sto\u0440 them from ex\u0440loring other o\u0440tions \u0430t\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers h\u0430ve met with the 41-ye\u0430r-old qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430nd h\u0430ve shown o\u0440timism th\u0430t he will sign, with te\u0430m \u0440resident \u0430rt Rooney II telling re\u0440orters \u0430t le\u0430gue meetings this week th\u0430t there \u0430re &#8220;signs&#8221; Rodgers will \u0440ick the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>But \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll T\u0430lk&#8217;s Mike Florio c\u0430st doubt on the situ\u0430tion, quoting \u0430 source whose o\u0440inion is th\u0430t Rodgers is inste\u0430d ho\u0440ing the Minnesot\u0430 Vikings will come c\u0430lling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I h\u0430d somebody suggest to me yesterd\u0430y, \u0430nd I\u2019m just sh\u0430ring wh\u0430t I he\u0430rd, wh\u0430t this \u0440erson\u2019s o\u0440inion is,&#8221;\u00a0Florio s\u0430id. &#8220;It\u2019s not \u0430 f\u0430ct; it\u2019s not \u0430 re\u0440ort. 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